Comatose Comes Alive

Comatose Comes Alive is the second live album by American Christian rock band Skillet, which peaked at No. 164 on the Billboard 200. It is the band's first combination CD/DVD of live recording, as their first official live album was 2000's Ardent Worship, a worship album recorded live. The band's first live DVD was the Alien Youth DVD, which featured an acoustic performance. Comatose Comes Alive was recorded at the Tivoli Theatre on May 9, 2008, in Chattanooga, Tennessee and was released on October 21, 2008. The album is a CD of the concert's audio and a DVD capturing the live show. However, John Cooper's speech after "Savior" is cut from the CD. This is also the first release to feature Jen Ledger on drums.

Track listing

The Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks may also be accessed by placing the Comatose Comes Alive enhanced CD disc in a CD-ROM drive and following the prompt to sign-up for the band's email mailing list; a download link for the six bonus tracks will subsequently be emailed to you.

DVD Content

The DVD contains video of Skillet performing the songs listed above
and several of Skillet's music videos

Awards

In 2009, the album was nominated for two Dove Awards: Rock Album of the Year and Long Form Music Video of the Year, at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.

Personnel

Skillet

John L. Cooper – lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Korey Cooper – rhythm guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals
Ben Kasica – lead guitar, occasional backing vocals
Jen Ledger – drums, vocals on "Yours to Hold"

Additional personnel

Caleb Oliver – bass and vocals on "Those Nights"
Jonathan Chu – violin
Tate Olsen - cello

Production

Brian Howes – producer
John Cooper – producer
Skidd Mills – producer
Paul Ebersold – producer
Richard Chycki – mixing
Derek Toews – monitor engineer
Phil Bledsoe – audio engineer
Sean Geyer – guitar tech
Andy VanDette – mastering
Anthony Delia – executive producer
Phillip Botti – executive producer

Management and Artwork

Zachary Kelm – management
Andy Karp – A&R
Kristie Borgmann – artwork
Chris Woehrle – art direction, design